Sonic & Knuckles Lava Reef - 80's Freestyle Mix

[lazygecko]

http://www.tindeck.com/listen/lrsz

After zircon made the observation about Lava Reef Zone/Exposé, it had to happen some time.

[Dyne]

Man, this takes me so far back. Back to a time when I was a kid and all we had was vinyl and tapes. And we were just getting out of the 8-track phase of audio listening. This is epic sir, quite epic!

[shox3]

that was so mad. is that the final version? i think you should expand on that

[Xenon Odyssey]

yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

oh man

[Anti-Syne]

absolutely loving this! the drums really make this piece for me. i'm assuming it's not meant to end there?

[iskyoork]

I like the sounds of this. Very Retro.

[CC Ricers]

"I wanna hear a new beat on the request line. You got it, coming up....."

I'm going to bust out my old mixtapes again.

Keep on going! Don't skimp on the orchestra hits either

[Scaredsim]

It had to be awesome.

[Subz1987]

This would be awesome in a Rocky-like montage of Sonic or Knuckles getting ready for a fight.

Awesome stuff, dude. You need to finish this!

[BorgMan]

Yeah man, you really should finish this because it's full of win! It captures the 80's feel in a very unique way

[Nabeel Ansari]

When i saw "GeckoYamori" my expectations were higher than the Empire State Building.

I was not let down.

[Rayza]

Get Teena Marie on the vocals and its gold. Sounds great man. Perhaps a little over compressed for me, but love the arrangement.

[rahmoon]

I laughed at the opening hit, and went straight into bouncing to the beat. I even let out an audible "aww" when it cuts short. Finish this please, it's dripping with late 80's influence!

[halc]

good shit man

[ocre]

GeckoYamori, keep doing your thing and I shall never be unhappy again. This is bitchin.

[Emunator]

I'll second Rayza on the compression comment, and personally I don't think I'd have used the orch. hits as frequently as you did. The rest of this though? Real tight, a great listen so far!

[Scrap McNapps]

This sounds awesome.

[darkmaster987]

Sounds great so far.

Hm...the part beginning at 0:48 reminds me a lot of the introduction stage from Megaman Zero 2. Probably just a coincidence.

[Kadosho]

Could be fun to check this out when its finished.

Library pc not allowing to goto site. =.=

^^; Don't mind waiting, GY always awesome

[djheartbreak831]

since freestyle has and always will be my first musical love, i am amazed at the work being put into this work in progress. i honestly hope to hear more of this style of music remixed into the video game remix community.

Rock on, Gecko. as always, you never cease to amaze all of us.

[RushJet1]

yes, finish this. it's amazing.

[Saga]

I just can say what EVERYBODY said in HERE

Finish iT.

Or I will listen Pet Shop Boys to deceive my ears.

[WillRock]

Damn awesome... Why don't you have any posted mixes from after 2003? Your stuff is great, would be great to see you back on the front page.

[BlueEnvy]

{Referring to the four major sections as A, B, A', and C and assuming the track is in a minor for convenience.}

I love the original synth work you added over the source's background music in section A'; consider adding a fourth phrase, which would finish the melodic build up and help accelerate energy-wise into section C. Also, the last note in the 2nd phrase might sound better as a high g rather than low b.

Instead of the fade-out of the synth before leading into section B, try leaving it at full dynamic, or at least diminuendo less, because it sounded strange for it to disappear completely.

The fourth phrase in B has too much variation to serve as a smooth continuation of the melody. Something like (assuming the key were a minor) -

d-16th -> e-16th -> g-16th -> a-16th -> g-16th -> a-16th -> d-16th -> d#-16th -> e-8.5th -> g-16th(+8th-rest) -> c-4.5th -> e-16th -> c-16th -> d-8th -> e/c-16th -> a-16th+4th *-> c-16th -> b-8th -> a-16th -> g-16th -> a-16th -> e-16th -> g-8.5th gliss^ -> a

(alternate 1)

*-> d-16th -> c-8th -> b-16th -> a-16th -> b-16th -> **e-16th -> g-8.5th gliss^ -> a

(alternate 2)

**-> 16th-rest -> e-8.5th gliss^ -> a

- would sound better (hope you can read this notation; if not, I'll clarify.)

I also like the idea of having a glissando into A', as it might better set up for the entrance of those synth lines, which you have doing quick downward glissandi.

Section C seems the least organized, but perhaps that's because it was the least worked on so far. One thing to suggest is shortening the orchestral hits at the end, since they drag with how long their current duration is.

Hope to hear a new draft or finished version soon!

[TMF128]

Excellent. Awesome. Amazing.